#2A56D4#2A56D4

#2A56D4 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.200 H 265.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A56D4
RGB	rgb(42, 86, 212)
HSL	hsl(224, 67%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(224, 80%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 59.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.06, 31.08, -68.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.06, 75.60, 294.27°)
OKLab	oklab(50.34% -0.0172 -0.1993)
OKLCH	oklch(50.34% 0.2 265.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.1621, 11.8994, 63.7196)
Luminance	0.1190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A56D4 #D4A82A

analogous

#2AABD4 #2A56D4 #532AD4

triadic

#2A56D4 #D42A56 #56D42A

tetradic

#2A56D4 #D42AAB #D4A82A #2AD453

square

#2A56D4 #D42AAB #D4A82A #2AD453

split-complementary

#2A56D4 #D4532A #ABD42A

monochromatic

#162D6E #2041A1 #2A56D4 #5C7EDF #8FA7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.21

#2A56D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#2A56D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A56D4

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A56D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A56D4	1.00	6.21	3.38	6.21
#FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0059D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00768D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a56d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 86, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.200 265.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8085e2',
    500: '#2a56d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a56d4;
$custom-light: #8085e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a56d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.471,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50342,
    "c": 0.20002,
    "h": 265.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A56D4

secondary

#D3BF86

accent

#BD3EEA

background

#F8F8FE

surface

#F0EFFC

border

#CBCAD5

text

#0C0B15

muted

#7D7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A56D4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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